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Category: Good vs Perfect

13 Feb 201913 Feb 2019

On Love

 —Anna-Marie— I’ll always remember the first time Brian and I got into our first all-out “fight” as a married couple. We were on our honeymoon. We were walking around the deck of the cruise ship, talking, taking in the night sky and the band and the murmur of people around us laughing and chatting. Brian […]

Posted in Good vs Perfect, Risk. Tagged Doing the Work, Good vs Perfect, hard things. 2 Comments
6 Jan 20198 Jan 2019

Birds, Bikes, and Behavior

—Anna-Marie— “Science, art, community, and nature make manifest that bad will or mistakes can lead to progress, like Bob Ross on his show The Joy of Painting reminding us that when we make big mistakes on canvas, we can turn them into birds—‘Yeah, they’re birds now!’”                    […]

Posted in Autism Awareness, Courage, Good vs Perfect, Tobin. Tagged autism, Good vs Perfect, hard things, Tobin, yoga. 8 Comments
31 Mar 2018

In the Boat

—Anna-Marie— March is coming to a close. We are in full-on spring season. (My allergies agree but the weather is arguing.) And things are heating up. It seems like most everyone I talk with is going through an incredibly busy and stressful and hard season right now. Whether you are in the rhythm of a […]

Posted in Doing the Work, Good vs Perfect, Uncategorized. Tagged Doing the Work, Good, Good vs Perfect, letting go, yoga. 1 Comment
8 Feb 2018

Better

—Anna-Marie— We were cleaning out a used fish tank my brother had lent Knox. Knox wants to spend his birthday money on two aquatic turtles and begin a new hobby with a freshwater tank. My sister Alexa had come over to help me lift the tank and empty the existing gravel from the bottom of […]

Posted in Autism Awareness, Doing the Work, Good vs Perfect. Tagged autism, Doing the Work, Good, Good vs Perfect. 7 Comments
7 Dec 2017

On Blessings

—Anna-Marie— In November, my family and I participated in the Lantern Fest. This is our second year at this event, and we’ve declared it a tradition. Last year, when we went we were letting go. We had specific things we needed to name and face and let go. The experience was an anchor for us. […]

Posted in Doing the Work, Forgiveness, Good vs Perfect. Tagged blessings, Doing the Work, Good, Good vs Perfect, hard things, lantern fest, letting go. Leave a comment
6 Nov 20177 Nov 2017

Life as Improv

(or Improv as Life) —Anna-Marie— Last winter/spring, I joined a little improv group. I love all things theatre and want to support the arts however I can, but the idea of doing improvisational performances, well, it really freaked me out. But my dear friends assured me that they were learning, too. That we would all […]

Posted in Doing the Work, Good vs Perfect, Risk. Tagged Doing the Work, Good, Living, Risk. 1 Comment
24 Oct 2017

The Greatest Risk

—Anna-Marie— It happened so fast. Usually I can pick up on the signs and have time to redirect or move us to a safe location. But this time, I missed all the signs. We were sitting, breathing in the September night air, enjoying the last few moments of one of Knox’s baseball games. Brian had […]

Posted in Autism Awareness, Good vs Perfect, Risk, Tobin. Tagged autism, Good, Good vs Perfect, Risk, Tobin. 10 Comments
25 Sep 2017

All Things (Re)new(ed): Part 2

—Brian— My friend Garrett gave me an old wooden and glass cabinet.  He and his family were cleaning out their garage and they were wanting to get rid of the cabinet because they didn’t have any use for it anymore. He said he thought we might like it to put in our business.  He was […]

Posted in Doing the Work, Good vs Perfect. Tagged all things renewed, Doing the Work, Forgiveness, Good, letting go. Leave a comment
29 Aug 201729 Aug 2017

Pieces

—Anna-Marie— My Aunt Linda has a house near the city where Tobin goes to school. We used to stay with Linda sometimes when she lived there, but she moved a few months into our new adventure. She kept the house, however, and allows us to stay there when we need or want to. My Aunt […]

Posted in Doing the Work, Good vs Perfect. Tagged Doing the Work, Good, Good vs Perfect, hard things. 2 Comments
22 Aug 201722 Aug 2017

Some Thoughts on Change

—Anna-Marie— My favorite grocery store closed last week. This is a big loss to the community and a big loss to the employees who lost their jobs. It’s also a big personal loss to me. Not because of the plethora of organic and environmentally-friendly products, not because their core values were about community and giving […]

Posted in Good vs Perfect. Tagged Good vs Perfect, hard things, Knox, Living. 2 Comments

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